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Finallly I have my own Real Madrid Jersey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me is delighted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




How does it look??????????

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  PROFILE
  
• Name: Zinedine Zidane
  
• Date of Birth: 23 June 1972
  
• Place of Birth: Marseille, France
  
• Nationality: French
  
• First Game:
  As second half substitute against Czech Republic 1994. Scores 2 goals in 17 minutes.
  
• Clubs:
  1998 - AS Cannes; 1992 - Girondins Bordeaux; 1996 - Juventus Turin; 2001 - Real Madrid
  
• Greatest Match:
  Paris, July 12 1998. Scores two first half goals as France defeat Brazil 3-0 to win the World Cup Final for the first time.
  
• World's Most Expensive Player?:
  Currently. Zidane's transfer from Juventus Turin to Real Madrid in 2001 reportedy totalled a staggering $76 million.
  
• Awards:
  1996: European Super Cup and the World Club Cup with Juventus.
  1998: World Cup with France.
  1998: European Player of the Year award -- the Balon d'Or.
  1999: FIFA 1998 World Player of the Year.
  2000: Euro 2000 Championship with France. Named Player of the Tournament.
  2000: FIFA World Player of the Year for the second time.
  2002: European Champions League with Real Madrid.
  2002: World Club Cup with Real Madrid.
  2003: FIFA World Player of the Year for the Third time
  

Zinedine Zidane
An awesome player with immense talent, so much that, it made him a playing legend. Having previously won both the European and World Footballer of the Year awards, Zidane was voted the #1 European player of the past 50 years in UEFA's Jubilee poll. Recently Zidane announced retirement from football after the 2006 World Cup. It was a shock to the Madrid faithfuls. Zidane was quoted as saying in the programme before his last match at the Santiago Bernabeu against Villarreal,

I've really enjoyed these five years (in Real), there have been some bad times, but it will be the good ones I will always remember. I came here hoping to win the European Cup and I can leave happy as I have done that. I've got great memories of that game and I also had the good luck to score that goal in Glasgow. I'll never forget that moment. My departure forms part of football, I'm not afraid of retirement. I'm proud of my career because I've played with two of the biggest teams, Real Madrid and Juventus, and I've won a lot of trophies. I've always been a very competitive player and done all I can to win and I haven't been doing that recently. I'm retiring because I can no longer offer Real Madrid Zidane at 100 percent.

Zidane will play his last match for Real Madrid in next week's league match at Sevilla before hooking up with the France squad for the World Cup, which starts on June 9. I guess it is finally time to say Zizou.

Real Madrid CF is one of the richest football clubs in the world. With its base in the Spanish Capital Madrid, it is one of the most succesfull clubs in European Football History. It has won the European Champions Clubs' Cup five times (in the seasons 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, and 1965/66), the UEFA Champions League in 1997/98, 1999/00, 2001/02, the EUSA Cup in the seasons 1960, 1998, 2002, the UEFA Super Cup in 2002 and the UEFA Cup in 1984/85, 1985/86. It has also won the domestic league and cup titles several times. It plays its home games at the Santiago Bernabeu, the third largest stadium in the world. Its rivalry with the catalan giants FC Barcelona is one of the fiercest. The match between Real and Barca is known as El Classico (translated as The Classic). The title 'Los Galacticos' meaning 'the Galaxy' was got when former president of Real, Florentino Perez, signed some of the biggest icons of world football like Zinedine Zidane, Roberto Carlos, Luis Figo (currently in Internazionale FC), Luiz Ronaldo and David Beckham. Along with home-grown talent like Raúl González (the top scorer in UEFA Champions League history) Iker Casillas, José Maria Guti and Fernando Morientes (currently in Liverpool FC) Real formed one of the best playing units in the world. Legends like Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas, Ivan Zamorano and Fernando Hierro have all been a part of Real's great history.
Their Squad currently looks like this....
Iker Casillas, Diego López, Michel Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Sergio Ramos, Iván Helguera, Cicinho, Raúl Bravo, Jonathan Woodgate, Carlos Diogo, Paco Pavón, Alvaro Mejía, Miñambres, Zinedine Zidane, Julio Baptista, Pablo García, Guti, Thomas Gravesen, David Beckham, Raúl, Ronaldo, Robinho, and Cassano
And these are the members of their staff....
Head Coach : Juan Ramón López Caro, Reserve Team Coach: Juanjo Maqueda, Physical Trainer: Pau Albertí, Goalkeepers Coach: Pedro Jaro, President: Fernando Martín.

Now, Real Madrid is going through a bad patch. The fact that the club has not won a single trophy in the past two seasons has added to the fans agony. With young talent like Robinho, Sergio Ramos, Julio Baptista, Cicinho, and Jonathan Woodgate the club is expected to perform well in the upcoming seasons. Though its current form does not prove anything good about the club, we should not forget that it is still second in the Spanish Primera Liga (the Spanish League). I am sure that the Galcticos will bounce back stronger than ever and demolish any challenge which is put in front of them.